DegreePhD in Science or Engineering. PhD students close to graduation are also welcome to apply

Occupancy rate100%

Vacancy TypeResearch staff

Job description

In the framework of the new SBO project “MoCCHa-CT” we have a vacant position for a post-doctoral researcher within the Pore-scale Processes in Geomaterials Research group (PProGRess-UGent), member of the UGent expertise Centre for X-ray Tomography (www.ugct.ugent.be).In the scope of this project, one of the existing high-resolution CT scanners of UGCT will be upgraded by a modular X-ray grating interferometer to allow for X-ray phase contrast and dark-field imaging. As a post-doctoral researcher, you will be responsible for the design, installation and commissioning of this system. For the installation, you will receive support of the mechanical workshop available at the campus.Furthermore, you will be responsible for the acquisition of initial data with this system and training of the PhD students and the UGCT operator. For comparative tests, measurements at ETH Zürich are foreseen.We offer an employment contract of 2 years, starting between May and October 2018, depending on the availability of the successful candidate.The FWO-SBO project "MoCCHa-CT: Model-coupled 4D-µCT for advanced material characterization” is a tight collaboration between several academic partners at UGent and the Institute for Biomedical Engineering, ETH, Switzerland, and has an economic finality supported by several industrial partners.

Profile of the candidate

Applicants should have:

a PhD degree in Science or Engineering with strong experience in X-ray grating interferometry.

an independent and well-organized working style, demanding high quality of your own work.

well-developed social skills directed towards working in an interdisciplinary team, excellent interpersonal and communicative skills.